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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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